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New George Cukor Book Argues for the Revolutionary 'Sylvia Scarett'

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A new book claims that George Cukor's 'Sylvia Scarett' was a covert masterpiece, not a box office flop.
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  • Film scholar Joseph McBride makes the case that Cukor's 1944 film 'Sylvia Scarett', long considered a failure, was actually a radical, subversive work that challenged traditional gender norms.
  • According to McBride, Cukor used the film's ostensibly generic romantic comedy plot as a smokescreen to smuggle in a groundbreaking exploration of female identity and sexuality - way ahead of its time.
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George Cukor, Joseph McBride, Sylvia Scarett, Sylvia Scarett, George Cukor's People: Acting for a Master Director
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